Rory McIlroy’s Major golf win is good news for 600,000 savers who took out Santander’s two-year fixed Isa

Win for savers: By winning the Major, Santander will pay an extra 0.1 per cent on its two-year fixed Major Isa

As the drama of the London Olympic Games closing ceremony gripped the nation, Rory McIlroy – the 23 year-old Northern Irish golfer – won the US PGA Championship by eight shots and as a result, triggered a unique bonus for a savings deal from high street bank Santander.

Savers who plumped for the two-year fixed rate Major Isa, which offered a four per cent rate, will now get an extra 0.1 percentage points due to his success.

As part of the savings deal, if Rory McIlroy won a Major before the summer of 2014, savers would get the bonus.

They will now receive the 0.1 per cent bonus on maturity. The offer was a one off – so if McIlroy wins any more Majors, no more bonuses will be added.

The deal was extremely popular and the unique bonus captured the imagination of savers, with a huge 600,000 customers taking the account out.

However, the deal was closed to new customers ten days ago. It has since replaced the two-year fixed cash Isa with a lower rate of 3.6 per cent – this deal, however, is still the top two-year deal alongside the Post Office cash Isa deal.